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4 components of Blood
red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, plasma
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RBC or Erythrocyte
- Red Blood Cell
- - transport oxygen to tissues
- - transport carbon dioxide
- - transport nitric oxide
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Hct
- Hematocrit
- - pergentage of blood volume composed of RBC's
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WBC
- White Blood Cell
- - active within the immune system
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macrophage
a large WBC that removes bacteria, foreign particles, and dead cells
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Platelet
responsible for clotting blood
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Plasma
Clear, yellowish liquid which contains albumin, globulin and fibrinogen
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Serum
identical to plasma, only without clotting proteins
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a-nemia
- without-a blood condition
- - reduction in the number of circulating RBCs
*anemia causes pallor because of deficiency of the red-colored oxyhemoglobin*
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Pernicious Anemia (PA)
vitamin B-12 deficiency
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sickle cell anemia
- -genetic disorder that causes production of an abnormal hemoglobin and RBCs to change shape
- - Most commonly found in african-american, African, and some mediterranean populations
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hemolytic anemia
excesive destruction of normal and abnormal RBCs
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aplastic anemia
bone marrow is unable to produce sufficient new cells of all types
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